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New Exeter Medical School research, supported by PenCLAHRC and
the Wellcome Trust, has found a link between school absence and
anxiety. The comprehensive, international review of data -
the first of its kind - took place over an 18 month period and drew
on the collaboration of a broad team of researchers, from medical
students to statisticians, child psychiatrists to evidence
synthesists. The team performed an exhaustive systematic review to
investigate the relationship between anxiety and poor school
attendance, including excused and unexcused absence. The second
paper to be published from this research, it suggests that children
with anxiety miss...

Members of the Evidence Synthesis Team (EST) have recently
travelled to London to collaborate with CLAHRC North Thames on
their ‘Beyond Searching’ Course.

Alison Bethel, Morwenna Rogers, and Rebecca Abbot
coordinated with Antonio Rojas–Garcia to deliver the workshop to 19
librarians from the NHS and various universities.

Beyond Searching was devised 5 years ago, and members of the EST
have been running annual workshops ever since. It was designed to
show health information professionals that they already have the
skills to effectively contribute to systematic reviews, and to give
them the confidence to get involved in the processes and to...

A PenCLAHRC project showing that eating a Mediterranean
diet may help reduce the risk of dementia has been reported in
the Western Morning News as part of Dementia
Awareness Week.

The systematic review, conducted by Dr Ilianna Lourida and
Professor Jo Thompson-Coon of PenCLAHRC's Evidence Synthesis
Team, brought together evidence to conclude that a Mediterranean
diet could help to protect the ageing brain.

A Mediterranean diet typically consists of high consumption of
plant foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes and olive oil,
moderate consumption of fish and dairy products, and reduced intake
of red meat and processed foods. Moderate alcohol intake, usually
wine, during meals is another...

New research indicates that children with Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) may be successfully supported in
classrooms through strategies that do not involve drugs. A
systematic review of research, led by the University of Exeter
Medical School and supported by PenCLAHRC, has found that non-drug
interventions in schools may be effective in improving outcomes,
such as performance in standard tests, for children with ADHD.

Children with ADHD are typically restless, act without thinking
and struggle to concentrate, which causes particular problems for
them and for others in school. There are many different ways
of supporting these children, including training to increase...

More than half a million pounds of new cutting-edge research
which aims to advance us towards a dementia cure and improve
dementia care has been awarded to the University of Exeter Medical
School by Alzheimer’s Society.

In the UK alone, more than 850,000 people live with dementia,
and the figure is expected to rise to more than 1 million by 2021
if no action is taken. Currently, dementia costs the UK economy
£26.3 billion each year, on top of the emotional burden on families
and carers.

Now, a series of awards from Alzheimer’s Society to health
researchers will help us to better...